Boston Organ Damage Lawyers
Strong advocacy when accidents damage lungs, kidneys, and other organs
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Many different types of accidents can cause organ damage, usually due to some type of blunt trauma. Common causes include vehicle accidents, falls, assaults due to negligent security, explosions, and other types of accidents. Victims often require surgery and long-term medical care. Organ damage can also be fatal.
At Santoro & Gray, we work with liability professionals and expert witnesses to determine how organ damage occurred and who is legally responsible. We work with your doctors and our network of doctors to show the full scope and severity of your organ damage, how the damage will affect every part of your life, and the care you’ll need. Call us now to discuss your right to compensation for financial and personal damages.
Our record of injury recoveries includes two settlements involving brain injuries:
Our lawyers obtained a $2.7 million settlement in a medical malpractice case when medical providers failed to timely and properly interpret, diagnose, and treat a brain MRI that showed abnormalities. A proper diagnosis would have led to timely treatment and saved a patient in their 40s from suffering a debilitating stroke.
Our lawyers obtained an $11 million settlement for our client, a 30-year-old man who suffered traumatic brain injuries due to being struck by a tree limb, which a landscaping company cut down without taking proper precautions.
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How Santoro & Gray can help you
- What types of accidents cause organ damage?
- What are the symptoms of organ damage?
- What bodily organs can suffer damage in an accident in Boston?
- How do doctors diagnose organ damage in Boston?
- What are the treatments for organ damage?
- How do you fight for organ damage victims?
- Do you have a Boston organ damage lawyer near me?
We handle different types of accidents that can cause organ damage, including the following:
Any type of blunt trauma (such as a forceful impact from a car accident) can cause any organs of a victim to suffer damage. Any loss of blood supply to an organ can also cause organ damage.
According to the Cleveland Clinic, some of the symptoms of organ damage include:
- Fatigue, faintness, and weakness
- Confusion
- Loss of consciousness
- Nausea and vomiting
- Difficulty breathing
- Chills and fever
- A lack of appetite
- A fast or irregular heartbeat
- Chest or abdominal pain
- Swelling in a victim’s abdomen or extremities
Organ damage can also be fatal.
The following organs are considered essential to life:
- Liver. This organ filters toxins from the blood and performs other essential bodily functions.
- Kidneys. These organs remove waste from the blood when a victim urinates and balance a person’s fluids and electrolytes.
- Heart. Your heart delivers oxygen-rich blood to all of your other organs. When your heart is failing, it can affect your whole body. Heart damage can also cause dangerous blood clots.
- Lungs. The lungs deliver oxygen to the tissues of your body. Lungs are part of the respiratory system that help you breathe. Forceful accidents can puncture your lungs.
- Small intestine. This organ absorbs most of the nutrition from your food that your body needs to operate.
- Brain. Your brain is an organ, too. Your brain tells the organs how to function.
Other organs that are critical to life and health include your spleen, bladder, uterus, stomach, and pancreas.
In some accidents, multiple organs may fail, causing death. Organ damage to certain organs can cause peritonitis and sepsis, which can change a victim’s life forever or cause death.
The diagnostic tests for organ damage, depending on which organ is damaged, include
- Liver and kidney function tests. These are blood and urine tests that examine the chemicals in your blood and how well your organs are working. Related tests include a liver stiffness scan or a renal scan.
- Small intestine tests. Blood tests for malnutrition, followed by an enteroscopy of your small intestine, can diagnose small intestinal failure due to malabsorption or pseudo-obstruction.
- Heart tests. An echocardiogram measures how well your heart is functioning.
- Brain tests. Neurocognitive tests and brain scans test how well your brain is functioning.
- Lung tests, including a pulmonary function test for your respiratory system. A pulse oximetry (pulse ox) or arterial blood gas test can measure your blood oxygen levels.
Other tests may include CT scans and an ultrasound.
The treatments for organ damage depend on which organ is damaged and the scope and severity of the damage. Possible treatments include antibiotics, oxygen therapy, IV fluids, dialysis, vasopressor medications to increase blood flow, and blood transfusions.
For some accident victims, an organ transplant may be the most viable option if a viable organ donor can be located.
According to the Cleveland Clinic:
If you are diagnosed with chronic organ failure, all hope isn’t lost. You probably have many years to try and turn the tide on your condition. Many therapies are also available to help compensate for the failing organ and ease your symptoms if you have any. Some people never progress to the end stages of chronic organ failure. When those stages are in sight, you can usually apply for an organ transplant.
Healthcare providers in the intensive care unit (ICU) will do everything they can to support your many body systems while your failing organ or organs attempt to recover.
Our Boston organ damage lawyers file personal injury claims, medical malpractice claims, and product liability cases when negligence, medical mistakes, or defective products cause organ damage. If organ damage is tragically fatal, we file wrongful death claims through the estate’s executor or administrator for eligible beneficiaries.
We work with you, investigators, the police, liability experts, your doctors (or doctors we recommend), employers, life planners, and others to show who is liable for your organ damage, what treatments may help you, and what compensation you should receive.
Yes. We meet with organ damage victims and families at our Boston Office located at 131 Dartmouth Street, 3rd Floor. If your organ damage prevents you (or a loved one) from traveling, we can arrange to see you at your home or a healthcare facility. We conduct phone and online video consultations, too.
We’re here for you. We want to know you, what happened to you, what your life was like before the organ damage, and what you hope for now.
Get help by contacting Santoro & Gray today
Damage to any organ is frightening. Our Boston organ damage lawyers are ready to fight to hold those who caused your organ damage accountable. We’re ready to fight for your future and pursue the compensation you deserve. Please call us or use our contact form to schedule a free consultation. There are no upfront costs. We handle cases on a contingency fee basis.